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Breast Cancer
Studies conducted at Osaka University on breast cancer recently published
January 15th, 2009
According to recent research from Suita, Japan, "For accurate assessment of the response to primary chemotherapy (PCT) for locally advanced breast cancer, we measured reduction in total tumor volume (TTV) by using three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging (3D MRI), and examined the relationship between this reduction and patient prognosis. Fifty-one patients with locally advanced breast cancer were treated with four cycles of docetaxel (60 mg/m(2)) before surgery." "Tumor size was measured with calipers, ultrasonography (US) and conventional two-dimensional (2D) MRI before and after chemotherapy. TTV was measured with 3D MRI. These and other clinicopathological...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-01-15)
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